Shaping fur heads of pelts



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SHAPING FUR HEADS OF PELTS AFild Jan. 24, 1936 2 Sheet'S-Sheet 1 www @ 2W@ may@ Feb. s, 193s. M, ps2 2,107,916

SHAPING FUR HEADS OF PELTS Filed Jan. 24, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 8, 1938 UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE u 9 Claims.

This invention relates toa device for shaping fur heads of pelts for fur coats and the like, and is more particularly concerned with devices of the yclass in which the fur pelt is left intact, and the 5V head thereof is not severed from the rest of the vpelt.r

The object of the invention is to provide a head-forming device for properly shaping fur heads so as to make them substantially uniform andthus overcomethe lack of uniformity when the "shaping is performed manually as. has here#- tofore/ been the custom, and to shape the head without severing the same from the rest of the pelt which of necessity requires sewing together and leaving unsightly seams.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more'fully described hereinafter and particularlyr set forth in the claims. Y AReference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication in which similar character references indicate corresponding parts in the various views, and in which f Fig. l is a plan view ofv my device in operative position; Y `Fig.f2 is a cross-section of thesame .taken on the lines 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; 4 Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same taken on the lines 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; y

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the bottom metal member of my device; andV y Fig. 5 is a similar viewof the top metal member.

Fig. 6 is a plan View of the pelt covering the bottom metal member with the top metal mem- Y ber removed.

40' In the various figures, I represents the basey vor board on which the operation is performed; 2 a)A stop member on one side thereof; 3 screws for rsecurely attaching the last mentionedvmemrber to the base; 4 aninclined side of vsaid stop member; 5 the pelt; 6 the lower metal member;

, 1 the top `metal member; 8 the perforations therein; 9 flanges or ears thereof; I0 a nut for iai thumbscrew projecting through said ears; I I

thefnose portion'of the top metal member; `I2

horizontal part of said top metal member; I3 the grooves of said member simulating the eyes ,of a pelt; I4 the inclined end of the bottom member; I5 the nose end of the'pelt 5; I6 paper placed around the bottom metal member; I1 the member; I8 the vertical nose portion of the same; I9 the horizontal portion thereof; and 20 the openings in the ears 9 for cooperative action with the thumbscrew I0.

In the operation of the device the member 6, shown more particularly in Fig. 4, is inserted within. the pelt 5, and said member is projected toward thehead end of said pelt. In practice I prefer to place around said member, before covering'the same with the pelt, paper having paste on the top side thereof. This not only prevents the pelt from sticking to themember 6, ybut also tends to'give rigidity to the fur head after it has been fashioned. While I prefer to use the paper, it is not indispensable to the operation of my invention. After the member 6 has been inserted Within the fur pelt, the topmember l, more particularly shown in Fig. 5, is placed upon the pelt covered member 6. It will be observed that the nose portions I I and I2 as well as the entire contour of said member l is shaped in a complementary manner to member 6. The two associated members with the pelt therebetween are then' placed upon the base I with the head portion vof said members projecting against the raised portion 4 of said base, and the associated parts are thereupon securely fastened together by means of the thumbscrews IU.

For' the'most ecient results the pelt should be moistened before the above operation is attempted, and the entire associated parts kept intact for such period as is necessary to dry the pelt, for the hastening of which the perforations 8 are provided.

By the use of my invention it will readily be seen that the heads of pelts will be substantially uniform, whereas at the present time by manually shaping the heads such uniformity is not possible, and obviously uniformity of heads is of great commercial and artistic desirability. As here- 40 tofore statedythis uniformity may be obtained vwithout the use of paper, but the use thereof does tend to give rigidity and, accordingly, I prefer in practice to utilize the paper as indicated.

The figures as shown are directed towards a sable pelt, but it will be readily understood that the particular shaping of the members may be changed so as to simulate the heads of various animals whose pelt is involved. It will also be l a fur head of a. circumferentially integral fur pelt, comprising a plate adapted to be removably inserted Within the fur head of said pelt, said plate being of a shape to simulate the contour of the head of the animal represented by the pelt, a secondplate complementary in contour to said first-plate, a base for holding said members, Vand means vfor clamping said members securely to said base.

2. In a device of the 'class described, a form adapted to receive removably an entire fur pelt and to shape the head thereof While it is drying, and comprising a rigid member simulating in form the contour of the head of the animal Whose head is to be shaped and adapted to have said head placed thereon, a second rigid member complementary in shape to said first mentioned member adapted to serve as a covering to said head portion, means for securely interlocking the same With the rst mentioned member and for securely attaching the same to a base on Y which said members rest.

3. A device of the charac-ter described for shaping fur snouts and heads of uniform size, and comprising tWo complementalr members simulat-ing in shape the fur snout and head to be formed, and adapted to receive the fur pelt between said two members, an unmounted base, and means for securing said members to said base.

4. -A device of the character described for shaping snouts and heads of uniform size andl comprising two complemental members simulating in shape the fur snout and head to be formed, and adapted to receive the furpelt betweensaid two members, an unmounted base having at one end thereof a projecting stop for contiguous contact with the snoutv portion of the fur, whereby uni formity of the shape of the snout portion is obtained, and means for securing said members to said base.

5. A device of the character described, for shap ing a fur pelt to simulate an animals head, comprising a. board having asstop member at one end thereof having an inclined side, a member Whose contour delineates the snout and the head of the animal to be simulated, a complemental member for cooperative contact with said last mentioned member having ears on each side thereof with perforations therein, and a thumb `screw adapted to pass therethroughforV clamping the several members securely to the base.

6. A device of the character described, for shaping a fur head of a circumferentially integral fur pelt, comprising a plate'adapted to be re-Y movably inserted within the head of said pelt,

Vsaid plate being cfia shape to simulate not only the contour of the snout of the animal represented by ,said pelt, but also the complete head thereof, a second plate complementary in contour to said first plate, and having anges on each side thereof, having a hole in each flange, a thumb screw'for insertion in said hole for securely associating said plates, and a base to which said plates are securely attached by meansrof said thumb screws, said plate having an inclined stop member for contacting and fashioning the end portions of the snout of the animal.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a member simulating in contourthe snout and head portion of an animal for insertion within the pelt of said animal, a second member'complemental in contour to said first mentioned member, a base having at oneY end thereof a stop member and having therein'thumb screws for securely fastening said members to each other and to saidbase.

8. A device of the character described for shaping fur heads of uniform shape and contour, comprising a fashioning member shaped like an animals snout and head, a second member complemental in shape to said rst member, a base having a stop member against which the two said associatedfmembers rest contiguously, whereby the snout portion is in a predetermined form and slant when thefur pelt is positioned between said irst two mentioned members, and means for associating said members and said base se head Vof* an animal, one of said members being floating and unattached, a base member,l and means for securely associating said members together with the Yfur pelt contacting said floating member.

MARTIN TAUSZ. 

